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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

Mr.. Gladstone is reported as saying
that there are now in the universities
ten times as many infidels and atheists
as when he was student; but that
there are, on the other hand, twenty
times as many devout and earnest
seekers after truth. This seems to lis
judicious presentation of the case as
regards Christianity in the presen,
day.-Neu York School Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

\ >trclling gypsy told Spokane
farmer that ii he'd placed $25 in a GER
tain hollow stump and lett it there
all night it would be doubled in the
morning, The farmer tried it, and
sure enough found $50 in the stump.
The gypsy advised the farmer to put
in all he had 800, in the stump, and
draw out 81 400 in the morning. The
farmer took this advice, and now Is
looking for gypsy who he says stole
500 from him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

CAPT. Herbert F. Beecher was ap-
pointed, yesterday, Special Agent OF
the Treasury Department, for Oregon
and Washington, with office either at
Portland or Port Townsend.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

THE patent outside" newspapers
still continue 10 come 10 hand with
their stereotyped Christmas matter.
which like the stutfing Ola turkey loses
its relish when cold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

The New Years edition OF the Post
MteNigencer was magnificent 16-page
number, filled with matters illustrative
of the past growth and present bust
ness prosperity Of Seattle. 1t was EN-
bellished with several excellent illus
trations of buildings and street seem
cry in the Queen City"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

THE shipment OF shingles to the
East has become an established trade,
and every month carloads go over the
Northern Pacific, some Of them for the
more distant cities.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

JOIN Mackev, the millionaire, has
declined tender of Il unanimous vote
of the Nevada Legislature, for him as
L. 5. Senator, to succeed ]. &. Fair,
whose term expires March 4th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

LET us hope that tomorrow, the an
niversarv of the battle OF New Or
leans, will revive by its memories some
OF the characteristics politically OF
" Old Hickory" who believed that the
best opponents OF principle We're those
who had made it their guide for life
In his day, fidelity to party was com
mendable, and political activity was
not penicious SO long as it was con-
trolled by reason and directed by pa
trotic impulses. 1t is we'll that the
mind should occasionally recur to the
personal traits OF those truly great
men who have left memories that
warm the heart and inspire the tongue
to thank God that they were raised up
as the pillar of fire to guide lost
people from the wilderness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

HIBBS, the deiaulting Postmaster.
was sentenced ut Lewiston, Tuesday
morning, to five years hard labor in
; the Territorial Penitcntiary At Boise
CITY.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

that the vote on the question was D to
1. 1t was voted to continue with the
Union Pacific harmonious traffic rela-
tion in Oregon and Washington Terri
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07
Z ~ NtI4II-' IVW'~'
CHARLES tEANtIS ADAMS.


lr will h" seen hv tn, following that
Their" i such 4 thing a. carrying evan
g,lizin- too lar: \ Mrs. Woodworth.
wh" has been preaching t"r some time
ii Munic. Ind. received notice signed
~ a number y church m-mh-r>. r,.-
iu,>ijn. her L. di>r"n,iuu, her l, liz
.Hu> harran-lIrS. iur .hr very >uh>tAn-
ilal Reason that. ~ thu result ui Your
recent meetings. W. have seen one ui
our most respected citizens made de-
PENDENT in a $4,000 libel SUIT; W.
have seen one oi our fair daughters
carried from our midst by one Of Your
camp followers. and another brought L.
the verge OF Il suicides grave. W,
have seen a mother. who's, Voting
children needed her constant and ten
der care. rendered insane" Il seems
t. IL this frantic. salvation army >tyl,
OF evangelism does more harm than
good
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

RUDOLPH Guichard has been con,
tirmed Register Of the Land Office a,
Walla Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

ONE hundred and five marriage IL
censes were issued in Pierce county
last wear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

\ PASSENGER train was wrecked on
the Boston and Albany road, near
Springfield, Mass, last Tuesday, by
colliding with train OF freight cars.
No lives We're lost, but several persons
Wcrc hn,llY iniIlrcI
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

THE Mason county Journal, pub
lished at Shelton, by &. G. Angle. has
been received 1t is We'll filled with
matters OF local interest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

Ex-Gov. A. c. Gibbs, OF Oregon
lately died in London.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07
The Supreme Court.

The supreme Court OF the Territory
met At the Capitol building on Mon
day Of this week, and as it is the first
session in year and half very
large docket awaited action.
Although very large number Of
eases will be heard, there are but very
few cases OF general interest. 50 far
as We are informed the Local Option
Act" will not he H. fore the Court in
any shape. Perhaps the most inter
csting question that will be decided
will bc the validity Of the assessment
plan" contracts under which sewing
machines and many farm implements
are sold.
The arrangement OF District Court
terms will allow the supreme Court
five weeks session, and the indica-
tion> are that all Of that time will be
occupied. The court so far has been
occupied exclusively with preliminary
motions.
This has been the first introduction
Of Judge Langiord TO the bar nj large
and he is giving very general >atisfac-
ton. He shows knowledge of and
sympathy with the spirit as well a. the
letter OF our laws. and with him rs 4
forerunner, the lawyers and suitors are
encouraged to believe that the time
is 1T hand when the Supreme Court
will devote more oi its wisdom to the
merits OF causes and less to contiiving
expedients to keep from giving causes
that consideration for which the SUI
prrme Court was established. and
which the peace and good order ci So
ciety require that they should receive
WEATHER REPoRT-The L. :. Sig
nal Office furnishes the STANDARD
with the following weather report for
the week ending January 9th:
Observation-Disclosures height. &c. 10
inches; highest, 30.42; lowest, 1908 !;
range, 80.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, i6 degrees !;
highest, a on Saturday; lowest IS
on sunday; range, 10.
Rainfall-Total amount rainfall. $50
inches; greatest for one day. 80 on
Friday. Mean relative humidity, %
per cent.
Misunderstanding direction, south T;
highest hourly velocity, - miles ON
Thursday; total miles Travelled, S44
Weather-Heavy rain on Friday.
Light rain on Saturday, Sunday. Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday. There
Mnra q rlnnIv and one flir day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07
4 Record that Will Live.

Charles Francis Adams. who did
= gently. m:.l' an u"Iyiu- !"cr'd ;"r
h.m>rl:. tv writing tn. following n,m-
orutlc letter :" Tild,-n On m. lay hat
Hays took h:S seat IL President:
Busro>. March +, -.
TIE II Y = J. lurE\. NV I"kk:
My brAR ~: az ms 4aN WurIl w..
wight !" hav, h,,.n tine. ir.--.i Il, Il t.
United states. >tz- ire opportunity I"
boar my testimony - III calm ann IL
niiei :Aauurr III which YOU have passed
through this great trial.
II ! many srAr> since | ce,i>,d u he !
parry man, henc" | have eui"avore'i :.
Judge II public affairs and men rather 10y
Their merits than ty the name hey take.
Il s a source Il -rat!tica-;ru !" me l.
think tina, ut,!, the ri.:.; choice in
,.tr al, election. could never have
been rccuuci,-i u the +, va. Il. by the
smallest ali ii mine. ui 4 person. how
ever respectable in private life. VIII,
must forever carry upon his brow the
>tamp"i fraud first triumphant in Amer.
lean history. NJ subsequent action,
however mtrit"rious. ctn wash away
the letters ul that record.
Very Respectfully Yours,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

SECRETARY Lamar WAS married,
"Wednesday, at Macon. Ga, to Mrs.
VIM. :. Holt, OF that city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

A FEW weeks ago the Adams eX-
press car OF running train near st.
Louis was robbed OF 100000. Pinker-
tons detectives We're Put at work. and
now the whole gang concerned in the
robbery are in Jail, and $4,000 OF the
money recovered. 1t i getting to be
Il difficult matter t. make large rob
berries successful on this continent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

TacoMA people are amusing thcm>vl-
YES 10y publishing witty and epigramatic
sentiments in the columns Of the
EreniHH Telegraph. mainly devoted To-
cnl"gy OF Tacoma. and her prospects
a. they APPEARED On New Years day.
One Of these amu>c> and interests us
somewhat, 1t is from the pen 81 II. &.
Patrick, and starts off with the re-
markable caption 100000 in our
Stocking" Now ii Mr.. Patrick has
that amount in his stocking. We are
are glad glad for for him and glad ior
ourseli; for We are sure that with
such a Plethora OF the circulating
medium. he will now pay that $40 he
has owed the STANDARD several Years
and for which Mr. Judson holds note
that he has been unable to collect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

ATTENTION is called To Judge Hoyt's
able opinion in the railroad land grant
case, which appears on the first page
OF this issue. 1t will be read with in
>truction and profit by those who have
held that corporations have no rights,
and presents several points that have
not been hitherto clearly understood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

with >ij'- and in:orm,r-. Let IL h"re
ior q ,i4an.e...nt }'tay i"r j.. !: W have
not lo~' Al iai-h IN rho r,'ir2ry Il DO
vuu. Ir'i',"n t"r wha, ~. ;n.,N.c: a.
well - the heart lronuuncy> yhc right
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-07

\ S%oW Blockade WITHOUT SNOW.
The frequent irnumcn"n II a snow
.,''' X. T. "n TIN Oregon RailwAy and
NaNi. s;,rn Conn any'> Columbia river
route with 4 Very LITTLE ;aIl ii snow, i
explained by Il writer in 4 Portland pa
per: Those made thu trip through
the ice on the steamer OlEapiuH. dug
lng III, blockade last january. Will IDS
ilv understand the lhcn"m,nun. he
SAYS. The weather then WIS mild
and there Were visible on the NOUN
tain> n each >i,i, II the river ten or
twenty oi these little falls. were in
summer not murr than one i seen.
The writer We'll remembers the worst
part OF the blockade. seven miles be-
low Warrend..lr. 1t was a common
remark among the crowd upon the
steamer that il seemed a. il nature.
mad made innumtrahle >hutc>. Reach
ing I" the top ii the mountain. and
hen tried 10 see how much snow she
could send down them. The railroad
rack Was tie bottom ii the >hutc>.
The snowfall III january. l>>6. Wis
not heavy. and in many places thu.
mountains We're entirely bare the day
he steamer forced her WAY ur
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
FANcY's REALM.

with eyes half shut lie upon the sand,
And hear the waters whisper 10 the land
Aud in the east, through flame and gold, is born
The glowing radiance OF the sunlit morn
Far on the light gilds a soft swelling sail
That like q lessenIng star grows slowly pals;
And laziIy along IOw-crested waves
A solitary gull its white breast laves.
On sloping hills the daisy blossoms show
Their harmony Of blended sun and snow;
And from cool sweeps OF meadow sweetly ring
The choral notes that joyous warblers sing.
Here where the earth and ocean rightly meet,
I lie at ease, and murmurs strangely sweet
Ring through my soul, weird notes that rise from
where
The mermaids sing, and comb their yellow hair.
] have dim dreams OF wondrous melodies,
BY tawny TritOns blown down sapphire seas,
That grit some island y ing fair and lone
In the glad splendor OF the Tropic zone.
Then fades the present and wander far
Through lands where cities shine out like star,
Great cities, crowned and glorious with fame,
Whose only memory is a sounding name.
] see the Assyrian maidens wander on
Beside the terraced heights of Babylon,
And breast the jubiant wave OF human foam
That greet the triumph songs OF ancient Rome.
] pass where, with slow steps, the pilgrims gray
Toward Jerusalem hold their silent way;
And distant far see spire and mtnnret
Rise in their grandeur over Olivet.
] hear the merry laugh as plumcs advance
Along the shaded ways OF sunny France,
Where winsOme ladies sway, with dainty
charms,
The swords and shields OF mighty men alarms.
Where sultry Java swelters in the sea,
] watch bright birds fit on from tree TO tree;
While in the fading pomp Of ruins old
The royal flowers OF Ind their leaves unfold.
Across the waters Of the ocean vast,
], in the MayfOwer speed before the blast,
And reach the unknown shores that sternly rise
Beneath the gloom of wild, tempestuOus skies.
For me the wheathelds ripen in the plain,
And hillside orchards crown the sweet refrain
OF winds, made cool by restless wanderings
where
The snow crest CLEANS in upper heights of air.
The world and all that Il has known is mine;
For me the grape grows rich with crimson wine
And caravans, with sweetly tinkling bells,
Gather at eve by cool, palIn-shaded wells
The clash Of swords and battle -trumpets bray;
And angel hosts, that wing the world above,
With loud hosannahs swell the songs Of love.
And lying here dream OF that glad time
When joyous bells shall ring in every cline,
And crumbling ramparts slumber in sweet rest
And frowning cannon hold sparrow's nest.
Thomas S. Collier, tn Yo1ah's Companion
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
A HAPPY COUPLE


The FIRST Marriage Ceremony Performed
in TazeweIl County, Illinois.
The following account of the first mar
riage in Tazeweu County is taken by the
Pelkin nll) Tins from a diary kept by
one of the oldest settlers, since deceased:
The first marriage in Tazewell County
was in 1927. Mordecai Mobley, first clerk
commissioners clerk then) of our coun-
tv, happened to call at Father" Stout's
home. Here he saw Frank and Fanny
Stout-if related at all, distantly.
Father Stout told Clerk Mobley how
Frank had been counting his daugh-
ter Fanny for SOM time and how
they wanted to marry, but didn't know
how; that he supposed there was a per-
nit or something to be secured first, for
which it was not clear in his mind where to
apply Mr.. Mobley told him he was just
the man; that he had authority to give
permits, and that he would do so then and
there.
.Have you papersp asked the clerk.
tsNo"
"Any booksl'
oven, there used to be an old book
about the house"
And the search was instituted, and an
Did worn-out book was found In the book
was found, fortunately, a fy-leaf.
s'Now, them" continued the oblig1ng
official, ''have you any pensa"
'NOAG.
'tAny geesep'
'sNary geese
''Chickens?'i
eyes. some big ones"
And the two went out into the yard and
caught big chicken, plucked feather
from it, and soon Clerk Mobley had whit
tied out a nice quill pen. He now inquired
for ink, and, of course, there was none;
but there was some gunpowder in the
house, and by mixing some water with o
quantity Of the powder a fluid was soon
manufac tured that would answer the pur-
pose. And then the clerk sat himself
down and wrote the permit that was tc
make two h carts happy. And on the 9th
day of June, 1927. Frank and Fanny Stout
were married by Rev. Mr. Brown, and
all went as happy as a marriage bell
What subsequently became of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Frank Stout ! can not say. Rev
| William Brown is dead. Mordecai Mobley
| the clerk, IS still living and resides il
! DUBUQUE, la.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
More Criminal CareIessness.

Julia, did that young man who
called on you last evening kiss you be-
fore he left the house,
why. mamma, could you hear?'
Il heard enough; too much for my
own peace of mind. How often have l
told YOU to beware of these men. Your
conduct Is ineXcusable."
Il wasn't to blame, mamma We
were standing at the front door. and his
mouth was real close to my face. and
before I knew t
That VIII do. see you have no ex-
cuse to offer
.'Yes-I have" sobbed Julia
What is it, pray?'
His mouth-w;.s-a wful-close TO
my -and-I-didn' know-it was
- loaded '--Me 'cLagB TfdUeler
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
what Burdette Heard in ar ASYLUM.

'eWhat makes the locomotive tenderg"
asked Agamemnon, willing to show his
hatred toward all mankind. Because"
replied Eudosia, sit is in soak all the time.
Water makes any thing tender save a
hen" "And what" inquired her instruc-
tor, ''will soften the henri early death, 4"
said the pupil; death in the shell from
suffocation." "Has this premature death
ever been known to occurt' continued the
professor, turning to the Poor Boarder.
''Neverr' exclaimed the Poor Boarder,
bursting in tears. mo, indeed said Aga
mennon, who used to run restaurant
himself sit never did"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01

exaggerating the perils of our adven-
turc that tell you we had not steamed
two miles from that berg when it split
in three portions with thunderous
sounds, an every portion turned turtle.
We didn't find our ship again. but
were eventually landed at Valparaiso.
where we got berths aboard of others.
The Vestal, as we afterward came to
know, searched for us for the best part
of a week, and then. feeling that we
must have certainly been lost, put
up her helm and was off TO q new
cruising ground, while we were en-
tered on the log book as thousands OF
others have been.-N. Y. San.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
The RIpest Year OF Human L 9.

The venerable James Jackson, who was
the Nestor Of the medical profession for
so long time in Boston, used to say that
a man came to the prime of his effective
faculties when he was sixty-hve years old.
He said it was true that the curve Of
physical strength was then declining.
But experience, and the ability to act,
which comes from experience, are, Of
course, constantly improving while
memory holds. According to DIR. Jackson,
the curve Ct experience, and the curve Of
physical life cross each other at the age
of sixty-fiYe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
Audubon in Washington.

Audubon, the great ornithologist anC
naturalist, spent considerable time al
Washington, obtaining subscribers fol
his great work. He was then nearly
if not quite, sixty years of age, and wa
about the middle stature, with snow
white hair combed back from an ample
forehead, and gray side whiskers. His
face was sharp at the chin. with al
aquiline nose, and his small hazel eyes
twinkled with good nature. 1t was
his boast that he had not taken dose
of medicine for twenty years, yet that
he could walk thirty-hye miles a day
with ease for months, sleeping if neees.
sary in the open air. He wore darE
frock-coat and trousers, with a velvet
waistcoat, and he used to attract crowds
to the House post-ofice, which he used
to make his headquarters at the Capt.
toll, by his variations of forest life
Ben: PerleV P0ore, tn Boston Budget.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
Clever Toll-TaLing Devfce.

An automatic collection or toll-talzing
device, to be attached to tele phones at
public or pay stations, has been invented.
The mechanism in the telephone-box is so
arranged that the telephone will not oper-
ate until a coin of a certain size and
weight, dropped into a slit in the front,
acts upon a switch-lever, thereby making
electrical connection between the trans
mitter and the line wire. The act of hang
ing the neutrality-suspicious., after use, in
the place provided for it, drops the coin
into till and releases the switch-leyer,
thereby breaking the ele ctrical connection
and ''setting the trap for the next user.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01

The untimely death which annually
carries off thousands of human beings in the
first approach Of consumption is insdious,
and the sufferer himself is the most uncOn-
scious of its approach. One of the most
alarming symptoms of this dread disease
is, in fact, the ineradicable hope, which
turks in the heart of the victim, preventing
him from taking timely steps to arrest the
maady. That it can be arrested in its
earlier stages is beyond question, as there
are hundreds of well-authenticated cases
where DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry has effected complete cure.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
STORY OF TWO OWLS.
One of Them Turns CannibaI and DevOur
His Pretty Little Comrade.

One of Them Turns Cannibai and DevOurs
His Pretty Little COmrade.
A South Boston gentleman, writing to
Forest and Stream, gives an account of the
capture and fate of a little screech-owl
lately in his possession. Not long ago
one Of this gentleman's friends wrote to
say that he had an owl which he proposed
to send for his friends acceptance. 1t
had been caught in a novel trap. One
evening the writer of the letter noticed
that his pigeons did not enter their cote as
usual ana that two of them were miss
ing. Looking in, he perceived the owl
seated on one of the pigeons gorging him
self, while the other lay dead near by
Cautiously descending, he obtained a pair
of thick gloves and coal-sieve, and, re-
turning. captured the little robber.
Il was greatly pleased to get the bird, -
writes the gentleman to whom the owl
was given, and on returning home put it
in u large hay-loft which was also occu-
pied by a tame great-horned owl (BH6o
Vi7giliauus), thinking that he would De de-
lighted to have SO pretty little comrade
AS soon as l let the little fellow out of the
cage in which he was confined, he alighted
on a perch opposite to Scoops, whom he
perceived Immediately and gazed at as If
petrifed Scoops returned the stare with
compound interest. Being curious to
know how they would behave in closer
pIOAiIllLFs 1 III O0O Vic SL4ldA4CA wv VI a
stick and moved him toward Scoops. AS
soon as he felt himself moving nearer
to his big enemy, he spread enc wing (his
left one) in front of his body as a shield,
all the time giving vent to fierce hissings
and swapping his beak in a defiant man
ner l concluded from this that he could
take care of himself, and gave myself no
further anxiety con corning him. For a
week all went we'll; but one morning
in val m
could find was a few feathers correspond
ing to his When Scoops dlsgorged the
usual pellet 1 dissected it and found the
claws, beak, bones and feathers of my
first, but hope not my last, screech owl
have known of big trout eating little
one, but never before of a larger owl eat
ing a smaller one.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-01
Big RaIlwaK saInrle..

President Roberts of the Pennsylvania
system, S35, 900 year; President Harris
of the Northern Pacific, $4,000; President
Adams of the Union Pacific, 49, 600; Presi-
dent Strong of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fee, So, 600; the presidents of the
Chicago & Northwes tern, Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, and Chicago. Milwaukee
Il st. Paul, $4,000 each.